The day I signed up is the day I paid for a year eh.  To be honest.  I am only a premium member to help pitch in. I don't really use the resources available to me but am more then happy to pitch in my little share to help keep this site going.  Although no limit on tactics trainer is kinda nice =)

Honesty at its finest lol.

I like this website a lot and I like knowing that I am contributing to helping myself learn.  I like being able to form my own chess.com tournaments as well.  Being able to analyze games is a huge plus since I don't know any coaches of any kind.  I like being able to learn from the chess mentore, tactics trainer, game explorer, and the videos chess.com provides.  Although I can't seem to get videos to work off the app on my HTC.

I am a premium member but I am not satisfied! You know why? Every time I played (i.e. 3-min game) at the last minute my connection is deteriorating? I am not experiencing this when playing in other chess sites. I thought if I will be a premium member, my connection will be better. I was mistaken and regret it very much. If it will continue like this, I will not renew again my subscription.

Chess.com is awesome and practical for so many reasons -

1. Awesome for lessons with coaches who live a while away

2. Can play any time online

3. Your moves are recorded for all your games

4. Chess Mentor is epic

5. No ads

6. Go on vacation whenever your time runs out

7. Computer analysis is useful (sometimes until it calls opening lines inaccuracies.

I love chess and want to improve. Simple as that!